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A few days ago ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi attempted to recruit people to the extremist cause. Naturally many Muslims saw the opportunity for a good old fashioned Twitter roasting. “We urgently call upon every Muslim to join the fight,” tweeted…
It’s official: you should buy the men’s version of almost anything. Why? The short answer is, it’ll save you A LOT money. An investigation comparing nearly 800 products with female and male versions — meaning they were identical except for the gender-specific packaging…
Quite possibly the biggest TV fail in history took place last night at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant. Presenter Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner, and before they realised their mistake, gave the crown to her — on live television. Miss Colombia…
Two Australians, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski, have created a floating rubbish bin that collects plastic bottles, paper, oil, fuel, and detergent floating in the ocean. It’s called the Seabin. The Seabin is automated and works 24/7, and was designed as a…
Remember Martin Shkreli, the pharma company CEO who price-jacked a 62-year-old vital medicine used for AIDS by 5,000%? The 32-year-old entrepreneur known as the “world’s most hated man” has been arrested on charges of securities fraud at the Murray Hill Tower Apartments, his residence in New…
Over the weekend, Saudi Arabia had a historic moment when it finally allowed women to vote in municipal polls and also stand for election. The last country in the world to open its ballots to women, Saudi Arabia is known…
US non-profit organization Lava Mae is transforming old city buses into mobile bathrooms to give showers to around 200 homeless people in San Francisco every week. Lava Mae, which roughly translates as Spanish for “wash me,” has installed ‘hygiene pods’ with showers, toilets,…
Mohamad Al-Noury and Athar Farroukh were forced to flee bombing in their Syrian hometown just days after their wedding. And so shortly before traveling to Canada, the couple spent their honeymoon in a refugee camp. Upon arriving in Saskatoon, they were interviewed…
13 weeks into her pregnancy with twins, Emma Lee was told that baby Hope had anencephaly, a rare condition that prevents the brain and skull from developing. Doctors expected Emma Lee to opt for an abortion, but her instinct was…
Finnish capital Helsinki is offering cheap apartments in a care home to youngsters, provided they spend time with the elderly residents. With studio apartments in Helsinki costing around €600 ($635), the scheme offers young people their own space for just €250 ($264). The city…
Elizabeth Laird, 83, has greeted every single soldier passing through Fort Hood since 2003 and has become known as the Hug Lady. So when she fell ill, soldiers came from all over the US to pay back her kindness. Elizabeth, from Texas,…
Residents in Nova Scotia, Canada, have recently been confronted with a strange sight: coats tied to lamp poles. But these jackets haven’t been lost — they’ve been put there for homeless people forced to brave the freezing cold. Attached to the coats are labels…
The below images show the startling transformation of a former firefighter who has received the “most extensive” face transplant ever, carried out by a team of US surgeons. Plastic surgeon Dr Eduardo Rodriguez led the team that performed the 26-hour surgery to give Patrick…
Don’t be fooled by his adorable baby face. Because this 11-year-old makes an eye-watering £1,000 every WEEK selling sweets, and has even opened a tea shop. Young entrepreneur Henry Patterson started off his business selling manure when he was just 7 years old, then went on to set…
When 36-year-old Anna Thompson got married, she desperately wanted her son, Lake, to be there on her wedding day. But the eight-year-old boy had died in May after a long struggle with leukaemia, just months before Thompson’s wedding in October. But…
Flight attendant Taylor Tippett knows the power and beauty of the handwritten note. Because for the past year, she’s been spreading love, hope, and strength by taping small slips of paper with inspiring words and quotes to the windows of the airplanes…